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Press release submitted by city of Rock Island Update Rock Island is a segment at City Council meetings given by Mayor Dennis Pauley focusing on news in Rock Island. The video segment from the meeting is available on YouTube. Easter Egg Hunt- Bring your bags and baskets to Lincoln Park, 11th Avenue and 38th Street, on Saturday, March 23. There will be many colorful eggs throughout the hunt areas, and some contain special prizes! There may even be a surprise visit from a very popular bunny. The hunt is free and will begin promptly at 9:30 am. Do not be late, as eggs are only available for a short time! Rain location will be the Rock Island Fitness & Activity Center, 4303 24th Street. Targeted Rehabilitation Loan Program - The City of Rock Island Planning and Redevelopment Division will accept preliminary applications for the Targeted Rehabilitation Loan Program beginning at 8:00 am on April 15, 2013 on a first come, first served basis. This program is available to qualified owner-occupied and/or investor-owned properties throughout the City to make specific property repairs. Forms may be picked up in the Planning Division offices on the second floor of City Hall from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday through Friday. Completed forms will not be accepted prior to April 15, 2013. Candidates Forums - The NAACP of Rock Island County will host the following non-partisan Candidates' Forums: ALDERMAN'S CANDIDATES' FORUM Thursday, March 21, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center, 630 9th Street, Rock Island. The following candidates have confirmed their participation: Ivory Clark, Terry Brooks, Katie Hotle, David McAdams, and Margie Mejia-Caraballo. MAYORAL CANDIDATES' FORUM Tuesday, April 2, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center, 630 9th Street, Rock Island. All three mayoral candidates have confirmed their participation. Rock Island Milan School Board Candidates Forum - The Rock Island County NAACP and the Community Caring Conference will co-host the Rock Island-Milan School Board Candidates' Forum on Thursday, April 4, 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center, 630 9th Street, Rock Island. Quad City Botanical Center Easter Egg Hunt - Celebrate Easter at the Quad City Botanical Center with a botanical egg hunt, Sunday, March 31. Doors will open at 12:00 pm. There will have two hunts for two age groups. Children ages 2-5 will hunt at 12:30 pm and children 6-10 at 1:00 pm. Children will be able find plastic eggs containing candy, toys or seeds! Children will be able to plant the seeds in take home containers. If your children are planning on participating please make sure you arrive early for the Easter egg hunts, they are over in flash. Planting and other fun family activities will go on until 2:00 pm. The Botanical Center will close at 4:00 pm. The Easter Egg Hunt is included in the price of admission: Adults $6.00, Seniors $5.00, Youth (6-15 yrs.) $4.00, Children (2-5 yrs.) $2.00, Children under 2 and Members of the Quad City Botanical Center are free. 
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Today is Tuesday, May 21, the 141st day of 2013. There are 224 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: On Monday the 11th inst. on Center Ridge in Mercer County,some citizens got out their cannon to celebrate the taking of Richmond. The gun wasoverloaded and burst. No one was injured, but one 30-pound piece went though thesecond story of a house.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The old folks concert at the Harper Theater last night to benefit St.Luke's Cottage Hospital, attracted a large audience.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Unless depredation by vandals in Rock Island parks is halted,special policemen will be assigned to night duty to protect the flowers and other property.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Station WHBF has received a special citation from Washington forits participation in Air Mail Week, which was observed this week throughout the nation.
1963 -- 50 years ago: A 10-year high in employment in the Quad-City area was reachedat the end of the last quarter, according to an industrial employment barometer releasedtoday.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Pee Wee teams will be able to play baseball and softball as usualon Diamond Three at Dorrance Park this summer, but after that, the ball field is doomed.County crews have put the diamond back in shape after heavy trucks marred the playingfield earlier this spring. Illinois Department of Transportation crews drove onto it to makeborings for the relocation of the junction of Illinois 84 and the Port Byron-Hillsdale road.
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